capth4u

Hello, I am having a little issue with trying to run this electric choke wire without it looking out of place! I thought about getting another breaded hose (smallest I can find) and running it in the hose. Any ideas? Thank you all

Oldguard 7

You can run the wire as you have it but cover it with convoluted tubing. I my wire through the firewall and to an accessory recepticle on the fuse panel. I have a 79 which uses the blade type fuse though. I'm assuming you are going to splice in to the windshield wiper motor wiring?

capth4u

Im going to run it to the fuse box

PeteZO6

It's kind of hard to see in this photo, but that's the whole point. I used black wire and ran it along the rubber tube for the choke vacuum (my card doesn't supply choke vacuum) and along the vacuum line for the distributor can. I used the smallest black zip ties I could find to keep them all together. I ran the wire through the firewall to the IGN term on the fuse block and put a 10A fuse in the line.


Pete

vettes4evr

If you have an idle solenoid (brown wire), you can tap off of that and wrap around the carb base out of view. I can't see if you have one in the pic with your air cleaner on.

mj9311

you can splice into the yellow wiper motor wire your talking about?? just a keyed 12v feed correct?

RIO68

Yep--as long as it turns hot only when you turn the key on--

capth4u

Thanks ... Yes... it has to be a 12v feed when the key is on ... I just need to find a way to hide it or make it less obvious .... I had the engine all apart and I almost have it all together now.... I dont have the distributor on yet but I know that there is a hose that connects to the distributor to the manifold vacuum port and another small hose that runs off that same 3 way port but not sure what it goes to. I do have the pcv connected to the carb already. Ill upload a few more photos to help give you all a better idea what Im working with. Thank you all

TeaEye

How about the windshield washer yellow wire -- will it also work? My car is apart and can't try. The washer sits on the wiper motor and has a yellow and blue wire. Easier to tap into!

PeteZO6

Here is a better photo showing how I ran my choke wire. Using a black wire will help hide it if that is your goal.

I might get flamed for this, but tapping the power from the wiper motor circuit sounds like a Bubba trick to me. There is a power tab on the fuse box made for tapping power. Use the IGN tap for your choke. You need a female spade connector and an inline fuse, 10A, ought to do it. Label the wire at the fuse box as electric choke and no future owner or person working on the electrical system will be confused.


Pete

TeaEye

Nice engine Pete!

Agree the black wire is stealthier than the red -- but since black is universaly accepted as a ground, and we don't want to incite the flamers, I'll add a red tape band at both ends and every 12 inches on the wire!

Thanks for the idea!

Oldguard 7

Thanks for the pic of the fuse box Pete. I was unsure if there was a recepticle for the wire since his vehicle's fuse panel uses glass fuses.

PeteZO6

That's a good idea to mark the wire with red!

Pete